ShawnLawson

2020 – Junior

• Practiced with the team
• Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
• Named to the Frank G. Ham Society of Character for commitment to academics, athletic participation, career preparation and being a role model 

2019 – Sophomore

• Saw his first collegiate action vs. UT Martin and charted a tackle
• Named to SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll

2018 – Freshman

• Practiced with the team
• First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

High School

• A two-way player as an offensive lineman and defensive end for head coach Detimothy Floyd at Jonesboro
• Named to the All-Clayton County Football Second Team in 2017 as a top-graded offensive lineman for run-first offense
• Earned the Chick-Fil-A Leadership Award as a senior
• Teammate of CB Jordan Griffin
• Two-year letterwinner in wrestling and basketball
• Finished first in the area and 10th in sectionals as a senior wrestler
• National Honor Society
• Graduated in the top 10 percent of his class, earning a Red Cross Scholarship
• Chose Kentucky over Georgia State and Mississippi State

Community Cats

• Volunteered to pack food at God’s Pantry (2019 and 2020)
• Volunteered at LexCity Church
• Volunteered at Brenda Cowan Elementary
• Boxed food for families as the Belk Bowl soup kitchen
• Donated food to UK Food Pantry and clothes to the UK Closet
• Volunteered as a peer advocate, reaching out to students to check on their mental health

Personal

• Born in Atlanta, Georgia
• Son of Christine Lawson and John Lawson
• Siblings are Latasha Lawson Calloway and John Lawson
• Major is sociology

Shawn Says

• He chose Kentucky because the people were kind and helpful
• His hidden talent is playing the trombone
• One word to describe him on the field is “progress”
• After his football career, he would like to go into astronomy and astrophysics
• The one thing he loves about football is the discipline it builds